'Guardians of the Galaxy' Director James Gunn's Top 12 Films of 2014

Yes, we're done with our own year-end lists counting down our favorite films amongst other things as part of our yearly Looking Backseries, but director James Gunn has chimed in with a late edition of his own favorite films of 2014. We'll cut him some slack since he was busy finishing and promoting Guardians of the Galaxy (#4 on my own Top 10 Films of 2014) to get his list in before the end of the year. The social media active Gunn took to Facebook to give fans a list of his top 12 Favorite Films of 2014. They include some of our favorites like Whiplash and The LEGO Movie, and a couple that we were surprised by too.

Here's James Gunn's list of favorite films, in no particular order, from Facebook (via The Playlist):

Whiplash
The LEGO Movie
Edge of Tomorrow
The Drop
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Boyhood
The Raid 2
Heaven Knows What
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Begin Again
The Hive
John Wick

Gunn said, "Admittedly, due to my schedule, I've probably seen less films this year than any other year, outside of the one before it when I was actually shooting. And I, of course, am not including Guardians of the Galaxy on this list, as that probably wouldn't be fair." Gunn also noted that while the list wasn't in any special order, he did specifically say that Whiplash was his favorite film of the year. And just as a reminder, which we absolutely agree with, he wants to reiterate that these are his favorite films, but that doesn't mean that they have to be yours. We all love different films for different reasons. Thoughts?

I could not get over the accents in that movie. I really, really wanted to like it too because I'm a big Tom Hardy fan.

Bill Brixton on Jan 10, 2015

6

Interstellar by a trillion lightyears...better than almost every movie on his list

Bruiser on Jan 9, 2015

7

Fantastic movie.

ragethorn on Jan 9, 2015

8

Negative dude. It's a solid movie...very very solid. But not the best.

JBrotsis on Jan 10, 2015

9

Agree, BUT it should be on the list. I think it should replace Begin Again or Heaven Knows What. Maybe even Boyhood, Boyhoods cool cause of the concept and execution, but the story is just okay.

Sky on Jan 11, 2015

10

How is Guardians of the Galaxy not on his list? 😉

ragethorn on Jan 9, 2015

11

BEGIN AGAIN? I guess with the exception of that film, that is the question mark. I dig the list though.

DAVIDPD on Jan 10, 2015

12

I'm pleased that Edge of Tomorrow is in there. Cracking film.

Payne by name on Jan 10, 2015

13

John Wick of course. Best movie of 2014. Does anyone know what "The Hive" is?

bumboclot on Jan 10, 2015

14

He has seen it, we haven't.

Sky on Jan 11, 2015

15

John Wick for best action movie.
Edge of Tomorrow for best sci-fi/action
Winter Soldier for best superhero movie.
Whiplash for best indie drama.
Interstellar for most over-long, bloated and convoluted POS.
The Guest was good, but didn't get all the hype. GotG was OK. But Gunn seems like a bit of a dick. I think it's kinda scummy that he never mentions his female co-writer on GotG. It's like he doesn't want to share any of the glory, or give credit to anyone else.

Trey Wilson on Jan 11, 2015

16

Interstellar for best movie of the year, period.

Hodorin on Jan 11, 2015

17

Hmm. No.

Trey Wilson on Jan 12, 2015

18

Hahahaha no.

Panzerknecker on Jan 14, 2015

19

All the people posting "where's GOTG"? On his FB page he stated, it wouldn't be fare to list his own movie on his list of favorites of the year.